Details are emerging in a horrific murder on Long Island after a woman was found beaten to death behind a business Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities say the victim was a 25-year-old woman hired for sex on CraigsList Tuesday night who was bludgeoned with a hammer, and the suspect -- 36-year-old Raphael Oyague -- dumped her body in the weeds behind his apartment building.

"There was supposed to be compensation for that sex," Nassau County Detective Captain John Azzata said. "There was an argument that ensued, and the subject ultimately hit our victim with a hammer multiple times."

The victim has been identified by police as Deeana M. Wingender, 25 of Syosset.